Halo 4 Will Soon Get Its Own 'Forge Island,' Plus Other Tweaks
Published: January 01, 0001 | Author: A.I. Nexus | Category: Financial Strategy
343 Industries announced during a PAX East betdog panel yesterday that Halo 4 will soon get its own version of Halo: Reach‘s Forge World map (pictured above), a feature that has been missed since 4 launched. Called “Forge Island” and releasing for free on April 11, the 
map will provide a series of open spaces in which Halo 4 forgers can putz around and try to smack one another by swinging tanks around like giant, deadly paddles. That’s what I’m going to do there, at least.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Also on their way are a title update and a new competitive skill ranking 
system that will hearken back to the days of y1 games Halo 2 and Halo 3 by assigning players numbers from one to 50 and matching them up based on their playing prowess. The title update will tweak this and that, making camouflaged players more visible when they shoot, adding x-markers to signify where teammates have recently died, and adjusting the Gauss Warthog turret’s auto-aim, magnetism and damage, presumably to make it less of an unstoppable death cannon.
343 also discussed some statistics: Halo 4 has been played by 11.6 million people, including those logged in as guests. They’ve gotten: 11.7 billion kills; 388 million headshots; 193 million y1 com assassinations (4.4 million of which were in the air); 25.5 billion War Games medals; 30 million flag captures; and 64 million vehicle 
hijacks. It seems we’re a bloodthirsty bunch. Halo 4 logs 11.6 million players [Gamespot]